There are three official sites where classes are offered, one of which is in Chattanooga: • The Main (Amnicola) Campus, including the Wacker Institute, is located on Amnicola Highway northeast of downtown Chattanooga. Two additional sites are located in surrounding Tennessee counties: • the Dayton site, located in
Rhea County; • the Kimball site, located in
Marion County.
Main (Amnicola) Campus The main campus of Chattanooga State is located from downtown Chattanooga on
Amnicola Highway, which lends its name to the commonly known moniker of
Amnicola Campus. The college adjoins the
Tennessee Riverwalk, which follows the banks of the
Tennessee River from the
Chickamauga Dam to
Ross's Landing in downtown Chattanooga. The main campus consists of 13 buildings on . This campus increased by more than when the college officially acquired the Olan Mills facility in June 2011. Sculptures by artists-in-residence (such as
John Henry), internationally known sculptors, faculty, and students are displayed throughout the campus and in the Outdoor Museum of Art. An
amphitheater is situated in the center of campus and is the hub of student life and informal entertainment. The theatre in the C. C. Bond Humanities Building is the location for many productions by the college's Professional Actor Training Program and music department. The Augusta R. Kolwyck Library in the Learning Resource Center provides services to students at all locations. • C. C. Bond Humanities Building, named for C. C. Bond, a local African-American educator and principal of Howard School from 1956 to 1964; • Tennessee College of Applied Technology Complex (3 buildings); • Learning Resource Center (LRC); • Center for Business, Industry & Health Professions (CBIH), originally the site of the Olan Mills Portrait Studios corporate headquarters; • Health Science Center, "103,000-square-foot building with state-of-the-art equipment and labs" opened in 2009; • Athletic Field House, completed in 2010 with offices, meeting rooms, weight room, and lockers; • Media Technology Center, formerly the
public television station now housing radio and television labs; • Albright Omniplex, named for Tennessee State Senator Ray Albright, a 17-year veteran of the state legislature who sponsored the bill that changed the college from an area vocational school to a technical community college; • Charles W. Branch Center for Advanced Technology, named for a former college president and established as a center for automation training; • Paul M. Starnes Student Center, named for a Chattanooga educator and Tennessee legislator; • Center for Engineering Technology, Art, and Science.
Off-campus sites Dayton Site The Dayton site is located about north of the Amnicola campus in
Dayton, Tennessee. Students at the Dayton location can take the General Education core for most majors as well as selected career courses. The Volkswagen Academy consists of five training centers: the Apprentice Center, the Automation Center, Automotive Center, the Lean Center, and the Conference Center. The Volkswagen Academy is located about east of the Amnicola campus, adjoining the
VW assembly plant.
Wacker Institute Wacker Chemical has partnered with Chattanooga State to create the Wacker Institute located on the Amnicola campus. The company has its world headquarters in Germany and has built a number of facilities in the United States, including Bradley County in southeast Tennessee. The new plant will manufacture polysilicone which is used in
solar-power cells. The Wacker Institute is under the direction of the Engineering Technology division and will focus on teaching workers the technical skills needed to work at the plant, which is scheduled to begin production in 2013. Additional work force training partnerships have already been developed by the college with companies such as Volkswagen, Alstom, and TVA. A grant from the Tennessee STEM Initiative Network and money from other interested parties funded the school. Chattanooga State provided a funding for the school in the back of the Wacker Institute. ==Notable alumni==